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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-01-19
Cleaning o. watches.

+" People spend great deal Of money
needlessly for having their watches cleaned, 2
snid Maiden lane jeweler the other day.
" A gentleman living In New Jersey called
here one day last week and said his watch
had stopped unexpectedly and then gone on
again the same as usual. He wanted II
cleaned, as he feared that il II stopped again
he might lose train. Most jewelers. would
have taken the watch. cleaned it and charg-
ed him 10 or ~ for the work. The proper
thing TO do ii a watch acts in that way is to
take note Of the hour minute and second
when II stopped. Then jeweler can ses
justwher the dirt that has stopped the
works lies, and can remove II BY fastening
down the main spring and taking Of the
balance wheel. Otherwise be would have
to clean all the works, not knowing which
particular part needed cleaning. told my
customer this and % had onlya trife to pay
for having his watch put in order. II the
watch had really needed cleaning all over 1t
10 not likely that 1t would have gone on
again sitter stopping"
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POETRY
selltaire.

Solitaire.
Patience? Hes: that's the wonan's game;
The duh delight OF solitude,
Where rank on rank she strives to frame
ana speech or laughter ne'er intrRGe.
Night after night, beside the hre.
When evenings lonely lamp 10 iit,
Oppressed with thoughts that vex ana tire,
among the cards her fingers dit.
The womahs game On some poor king
the sequence OF her play Is built;
The qneen comes after, hapEess thing!
Ana nextIhe lsnase wliI grinning guilt.
Thcn all her treasures, one by one.
Arc thrown away 10 swell the Die,
The last ana least; when that IS done,
Begin again; the night beguile.
Awoman's game; 10 SIT and wait:
Build and rebuild, though fate destroy,
Shufiie The cards; fof soon or late
There comes an end to grief and JOY.
man may iighf, otsow, or reap.
Divide the seas, or traverse the earth;
she can but drudge, or pray. or weep,
What are her life and loving Asofth7
She sits there when the day Is iaaa
Lonely ana iistiess DO you dare
Deny, when all il done and said,
That Woman's game is soliGaires
Pose Terry Cooke, IN Hnf9ar;s gnsu,.
= I-a ~
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They hare in these isolated villages a
pastims which they call The yanklng bes,'
which requires . tenacity Of jaw and power
Of endurance to enjoy. A yanking bee i q
gathering Of young people who meet for
the ayowea purpose Of yanking or chewing
The spruce gum. The fun Of the party con-
sits in chewing the gum IN az large gobs
as the mouth can hold. and accompanying
the performance with as loud asnoise as the
lips can make while the chewing is going
on. A large lump Of prime spruce gum l.
the prizs which the person who chews the
longest and the loudest will win. Aftsr ths
yank IS over the fiddler comes IN, and day
Light comes before the festivities Of the bee
are over.
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Il has been proposed to run steamships
direct from New York 10 Palatka, Florida,
100 miles up the st. Johns River, but the
run has not been attempted by the vessels
now running to Jacksonville because Of the
mud shoals some ten miles below Palatka,
on which the water is only about ten feet
deep. Bnt two old river Captains say that
the mud Is really no obstacle to steam nayi-
CATION, and that they have often pilcted
boats drawing fourteen feet--ten Of water
and four Of mud--over the shoals.
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nA,lnoAD raAvEIEav nlcHrs.
what Nay and Way Nos Be Dome in a
Railroad Car.

4 man named Myron I. Ely has done the
public some service IN compiling from court
reports a manual of the railroad passengers
legal rights. Why, when, and where maya
passenger DO elected from train IL fte-
laently perploxing question for eondue-
tors, and the exercise of the right is certain
~ hnmilhting to passengers.
For Instance, il Is one thing 10 prevent a
drunken or disorderly person or :" bad
character from boarding train, and quite
mother TO expel such one after being law.
fully on board
But having lawfully allowed drunken
man 10 get on board he cannot be expelled
Turing the journey unless he nisbehayes.
Then, too, company may refuse TO al
low passenger to board train without
ticket bnt IL he succeeds in getting aboard
ne cannot be expelled for want of ticket
il he tenders the legal fare. fI&fi
But Il you refuse TO pay your fare and
lie train has been stopped for the purpose
If pntting you of, subsequent offer to
pay does not give yoa a right to remain
DOR take from the conductor the right TO
exclude you from the car.
Nor having been put of do you gain a
eight to re-enter Immediately OH rendering
siiher the fare or ticket You forfeit your
right to continue on that train.
Except that II the train stops al regular
station ane before being elected there tie
fare is offered, the conductor should receive
Il.
1t is n familiar rule that in case II il law.
full to expel n passenger ii must be- done
with as little violence and force as possible.
and In a manner SO as not to iniure him.
In some State statute provides that the
expulsion must be at q regular station, or
near some dwelling house. violation Of
such provision makes the company liable
You must exhibit or deliver up ticket
when property requested. You cannot ride
upon bogus or improper ticket, nor on
one which has g expired, = nor on forged
or stolen ticket, nor yet on one purchased
with counterfeit money. An Illinois decis-
ion makes you liable TO expulsion, without
redress, if you, having no ticket, refuse TO
pay fare, even though the fare asked be
more than the price Of ticket. You may
be elected for violation Of law, or for wilful
breaches of any reasonable rules made by
the company You cannot ride ON q ticket
purchased With counterfeit money, il the
company's agents are appraised of that fact.
Where there is no such statute requiring
explosions to DO made OF some regular stop
ping place or near a dwelling, the passen-
ger may be put oil at any convenient point,
except that he cannot be expelled where or
in way he viii be knowingly exposed to
injury.
The moral Of this is to buy a clean ticket,
providing you can't get pass, and tbes 10.
have yourself.
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hhc Eastern Forests still n source 81
FBgcsRss,rc and FSNoest

pleasure and Profit.
One Of the principal occupations in Ben
nington, Vt, is the dealing in spruce gum.
and Belfast, Augusta, and other places in
Mime make an important item of this pro-
duct in their trading.
II IS no uncommon thing TO see men,
women, and children coming into these
places laden With ell they can carry of the
aromatic spruce gum, and why shouldn't
they' 1t is worth to them 81 n pound in
cash. Some men will bring in on their
backs as much as 200 pounds Of the mater
ial, all ready to I've put in form for the
mouths of those who like Il. Dealers in
Augusta say that the retail trade in spruce
gum in that city alone foots mp over So, 900
year. The largest spruce gum dealer in
| The world is in Bennington. He handles
between 1890 and 10000 pounds year.
He employs not less than seyenty-fvo per-
sons to collect gum for him ia the season,
which is from October to June. The busi.
ness cannot he carried on in summer, rs the
hot weather causes she gum to rnn to-
gether and form in masses that impair
ITS appearance and Cause il to deteriorate IN
value.
Spruce gum is Obtained in the forests of
Canada Maine New Hampshire and Yer.
mont. The gum gatherers 90 MANY miles
into the forest, erect rude cabins and eoch
one remains until he has gathered ono INN.
bred pounds lie carries it home. where
the women and children cleanse .bA onm
from all its impurities. such as bark twios
aud other foreign substances. and sort Il
into The difrara,,4 ,,.ol N
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A Chicago railroad man and Chicago
reporter both say that IL is becoming FASH
ionabls for young men Of that city 70 kiss
sachcthsr vigorously when they part for
any length Of time and when they meet
again. The railroad man says 1t makes him
sick to see tho fools
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The popular idea on the subject Of What
establishments costs is vague, and as n rule
entirely beyond tho mark. Several rich
men, who stint themselves in nothing in
their houses, who entertain as much rs taste
can possibly demand, who have evory com.
fort and cyery luxury, concur in the state.
ment that 1t is impossible to expend on the
running of household more than $40, 090a
month. Flo can buy pictures and keep
adding expensive articles and all that sort
of thing, but you cannot find Injuries and
accessories TINT cost beyond that amount Of
money unless you 60 in for wantou waste
encumberirg rather than bringing any re-
turn In comfort. So you can see all YOU
want is 100000 year and the capital,
and don't you wish you may get il? One
millionaire here, who has most noted
establishment and maintains the most luxu-
rious style, admitted that be could not find
anything he could make any use Of in his
household over 80, 900 month. Perhaps
ihet viii snit you better. We haya lower
aud cheaper classes Of millionaire goods,
madame. We have an article we can sell at
81 900 month, aud II that doesn't suit
you We can offer you millionnaire's estab-
lishment that cost $3.50 month. You
wouldn't care to go lower surely SIN
Francisco Chronicle.
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rACrs Anour rlrE Ta.rsr.r.


It is interesting TO note demand that
still exists for some OF the earliest versions
Of the Bible which, though antiquated in
form, are still used in church services and
by scholars. Among these ore Syriac Cop
tic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Georgian and
Latin. Versions were made at an early
date in Arabic, Persian and Amharic also.
4 A large number OF versions came into be-
ing in connection with the reformation, and
before the year 1850 every country in
Europe except Portugal, Russia aud Turkey
had at least the New Testament, aud gener.
ally the Bible, in language spoken by
great majority Of its people. The versions
originating outside Of Europe, with few
exceptions, have been made almost within
the lifetime of men now living, and they
illustrate the dependence OF modern efforts
to eyangelize the world upon the printed
scriptures and the desire of missionaries TO
furnish them to their adherents
II should be remembered, however, that
,nly small part of the work of translating
,as yet been done. Numerous languages
snd dialects are spoken. especially in Africa
which have not been even studied by schol
ars from Christian lands, and one hundred
and seventy translations Of the American
Bible society, represent but ffty-six trans.
lations of the entire Bible, of which thirty
ave were circulated in Asia, nine in Africa,
nine in the islands of the Pacific and only
three ON tLs continent of America.
Since the era Of Bible societies began, the
Ghristian scholarship of the world has pro-
Bible or parts of II, and 20s languages and
dialects have thus, for the first time, been
enriched with the literature Of the book
Eorthe making ofnew versions, involving asst
has, in many cases, the reduction of Ian.
guage TO writing, the compilation of die
tionary and the construction OF il grammar,
has engaged the philanthropy and indefati-
gable zeal of Christian missionaries OF vari-
ons lands.
Few persons appreciate the difficulty o.
rendering the scriptures from the original
Hebrew and Greek into languages that have
not been previously pervaded and nodded
by Christian thought. In laying found.
tons for generations that are 10 follow, one
may we'll devote to the work the energies Of
lifetime. The translation OF the Bible
into Arabic by DR.. Eth smith and Or. Van
Dyck, required the labor of sixteen years.
DR.. Schauffier, Of constantinnple, complet-
ed in 1874 the translation of the Turkish
version. which he began Ms Long ago as 1860.
Fifteen years OF continuous labor were spsnt
be DIR. Schereschewsky ia rendering the Old
Testament into the Mandarin colloQuial.
After forty years OF missionary work. DR..
Williamson and Or. Riggs completed their
Dakota version. and one Of them estimated
that he spent. on an average, full thirty
minutes ON each verse he translated. Pro
testant missionaries were sent 20 Japan in
1859, but twenty years bad passed before
their translation Of the entire New Testa-
ment WAS ready Tor circulation, These are
illustrations Of the lators expended by
Christian missionaries ia the preliminary
work Of preparing new versions Of scrip
tnra.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29
The Trouble with Old Virginia.

Gen. Imboden. the noted Confederate
leader, is in the employ of the treasury
department a an expert on the subject
Of the natural resources and transporta-
ton in Virginia. He has just completed
an exhaustive report on the manufactures
and trade of the Old Dominion. RAN
dolph Tucker, after reading Gen. limbo
den's report, told a story which, he said,
explained why Virginia had not ''made
more progress in business"
"One day in the house." said he.
Bragg of Wisconsin told me the secret
of our backwardness. He said that in
wal time he was marching toward Cul.
pepper. and on the road met an old
clergyman. The poor fellow was ragged,
~unshaven, and terrible seedy. Brage
stopped him and asked how far it was e
C~ulpepper.
Two miles, sir said the minister.
Well. said Bragg. lis it much Of a
town.
mo; it is not a very big town. re-
piled the clergyman; and then. with Q
Frightening of the eyes and a proud stiff.
ening of his long, thin frame, he added,
But, sir. Gen. Washington once had his
headquarters there"
That, to Mr.. fuckers mind, shows
why Virginia does not 60 ahead. Sht
clings too closely to traditions and mem
cries of the past.-N. Y. Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29

In flying, "a in bicycle riding, the
points Of greatest difficulty are the start
ing and the stopping. Professor Hyatt
describes In an interesting manner the
first lesson Of Q tame kittiwake gull.
After q long probation in trying his
wings, at last several times in calm
weather he few As high o. the after rail,
about q foot, and lighted upon it, but
made no effort to 60 overheard. Finally,
on . calm day, he was placed in the
water, but he showed great terror, swim
ming close 30 the boat and was soon
taken in again.
He did not seem 10 become accustomed
to the water until he had reached Annis-
guam and had acquired considerable
powers of flight, evidently preferring his
bath in q bucket. He appeared to be ter
rifed also when first bathed in a bucket,
but when placed in a basin, where he
could stand with his feet on the bottom,
took much pleasure in bathing.
After he became more accustomed to
the water, the bucket was again brought
into use, and then it was successful. The
wide expanse of the sea or the absence
of a foothold seemed to I'll him with
terror.
He made no efforts toward prolonged
fight until one day, after our return to
Annisquam, l took him to the door and
threw him gently from an elevation of
about ten feet. Instead Of flying slowly
to the ground, as I had anticipated, the
bird sailed of q hundred feet at least,
turned, few back over the house and
through the trees, avoiding obstacles and
soaring with perfect % and very swift
motion round and round the area Il the
house.
Very soon, however, he began to ap-
proach close to me and scream as II in
distress. II was evident that he was
tired and wished to alight, but did not
know how to stop.
Finally, by suddenly throwing up my
arms as he came toward me, I succeeded
in arresting him; and he literally tumbled
against me and fell on the ground. His
excitement was very great, and would
have started again Of his own accord, IL
I had not held and quoted him. He was
wild with delight.
I started him again when rested, and
precisely the same scene was re-enacted;
and he did not learn to alight by himself
until after several flights.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29

but, upon learning that the statutes
prohibited q member Of the bar from
holding that position, he abandoned
the intention. Other names have been
mentioned since. but yesterday the
matter was brought to an issue by Mr..
b. H. Tatem, the present clerk, who
handed In bis resignation, to take
effect this evening. Accordingly the
Judge made his appointment last
night, selecting for his clerk Mr..
James 8. Keerl, chief clerk Of the sur.
veyor generals office. -Helena Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29
IN A FLORIDA SWAMP.

Overshadowed By . Forest Of Blossoma
Snakes In he Low Branches.
Soon the forest closed In on both sides
Of the narrowing creek. The banks on
either side were but three or four inches
above water, and we could look FAR into
the dark woods, ove a dead level covered
with luxuriant vegetation-some fresh,
some old. Ferns of many varieties some
times blocked the view with their fronds.
Now and then there were patches of soil
in the deep shadow, where nothing grew
except the white Atamasco lily. Scores
Of this starry flower Lit up these somber
places. The creek grew more narrow
and winding. The trees met overhead,
and We bent our heads low to pass under
the branches, stretching up our hands &C.
c~asionally to break off twigs loaded with
blossoms. So on for I know not how
long q distance, till the boat could 60 no
farther, and we went ashore and loaded
ourselves with flowers A catalogue Of
them would be too long.
Do you ever experience the delight
which is caused by meeting a familiar
home flower among strange blossoms? Up
here the air was filed with q fragrance
which was easily traced to the small
white bloom Of our partridge berry,
much more fragrant in Florida than in
New England. Perhaps the most strik-
ing feature Of this spot is that, after you
have emerged from the bottom land and
assembled on the dry soil beside the
swamp, you find yourself in a small
forest of the sparkle berry, a tree which
for beauty has hardly q rival. The
blossoms, which are small and white,
hang by the million on slender stems.
Looking up at them you are bewildered
with their beauty and lavish abundance.
Day is not long enough to satisfy one
who once gets into the heart of q Florida
swamp in April. There are countless
plants in blossom, and many more whose
strange and unknown foliage leads you
to wonder what their blossom will be.
Among these the sunshine drops through
openings in the trees with dazzling
effects. Great butterflies, fitting through
the shadows, seem of strange and somber
color. like huge night moths, and it is
only when they cross one of the streaks
OF sunlight that you recognize your old
friends, Turnus or Cresphontes or Pail
medes or Ajax. Ajax more frequently
puzzles you. His silvery gray wings
assume all manner of tints in various
lights.
Snakes, do you ask? Yes, many and
mighty. So long Is You are in the boat
you need have no care for them, but
when wandering about swamps you may
as well keep a sharp lookout. You will
not find them, however, In cool weather
or cloudy days. We saw o few. The
colored folk seem to inherit q condensed
portion Of the human enmity to the SER
pent. Whenever one sees o snake he is
possessed with q desire to exterminate
him. As we rowed slowly down the
river we saw here and there q moccasin
hanging on q branch in the sunshine, and
my boatman always wanted to stop and
kill him, and I always consented
Florida Cor. New York Journal of Com
merce.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29
S,co,,ui st Vocal Practice.

When Nine. Patti Is a guest at the
Windsor, people passing the door Of her
apartments are occasionally startled by q
series Of nasal quacks, II they a be 80
described, terminating in a vocal tone
that gradually becomes clear and power
full. The first impression produced on
the listener Is that some foreign fowl Is
essaying its vocal powers, but later
Developments and inquiry make known
that the strange sounds are produced by
bignor Nicolni at practice. Signor Nico-
lini begins by directing his tones toward
the head, and, having -placed" them
properly, s~ustains and strengthens them.
In this method he attributes the preserve
ton Of his voice, which most tenors who
sing wholly from the chest would long
since have ruined by incautious use
New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29
A Story Of vicksburg.

Here isa story with the scene laid in
Vicksburg. II vas while / was in Vicks-
burg starving on pea bread and lodging
the Yankee shells. I was detailed to 20
to the commissary to do some work. The
boys made it q part Of their work to slip
something more than was given to them
when they went to the commissary, and
il was always something to eat, which
they would divide with us. I thought
that as it had come my time to go I
would be as good as they had
been, il the opportunity afforded.
That we were watched you need
not doubt, and that there was
reason for stealing I need not deny. But
it makes me feel like q sheep thief yet,
when I think Of it.
When I was in the commissary, Icould
see nothing open but a barrel of crackers.
l could get to nothing better and con-
cluded to take a good supply of them.
In walking about the commissary I made
1t convenient to go by the barrel of hard
tacks and slip a handful in my bosom,
always watching the commissary ser
geant. ! worked hard when he was
looking al me. / never once thought
about how many Of the crackers I was
getting into my bosom. ! never noticed
that my shirt body was growing to an
enormous size. / was thinking of the sup
per that the boys would have that night.
Suddenly the bottom part of my shirt
slipped out from under the waistband Of
my Iaats. The sergeant was looking at
me. The situaton + was in can only be
imagined. / was excited, and ii seemed
to me that there was q bgshel Of the
darned things spilled around me. The
sergeant simply said: "You had q sup
ply" and passed on.-J. ii. Mcdaniel In
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29
Hard times bring low prices.
1000 pairs Of Children's and Misses
Shoes for $1.W cash. per pair; do
not fail to buy as we offer this bar
gain for a short time.
Sherif's Sale.

Fred whiteside,
VI.
Isaac silverman, ct all
To be sold at sherin's sale on the 18th day OF
July, 1887, ct 2 o'clock, o. m, Of that day at the
front door Of the court house In Miles City, Custer
county, N. T., all Of the right, title and interest
OF Isaac Silverman and Thos. II. Logan In and to
the following Described real estate, to wit: All
that lot, piece orparcel Of land situate, lying and
seyen fI1 east, county Of Custer and territory OF
Montana, and ,bounded and described as follows,
10 wit: From the common corner Of sections
twenty-five (22, twenty-threet2S, twenty-siI f26)
and twenty-seven (27l 20 west 40 feet, thence
north 1905 feet to . point which Is the point of
beginning for this description. thence west 1865
feet thence north 1865 feet. thence east 1869 feet,
thence south 1876 feet 70 the point Of beginning,
together with all the buildings and Improvements
situate thereon and appurtensnt thereto.
ThQs. H.. IRVINE, Sheriff.
Gatei June "a, 1887.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29

A white saccharine powder derived
from coal tar serves 10 sweeten the Tee
Ind coffee Of diabetic patients.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-29

CONSUMPTION,

which 70 ScfOfulOus Disease Of the
Lungs, is promptly and certainly arrested
before the laststages OF the disease are reached.
From its wonderful power over this terribly
fatal disease. when fhrst Offering this now eel
ebrated remedy. to the public, On PIERCE
sumption Cure,, Juta abandoned that name
% too limited for a medicine which, from its
wonderful combination OF tonic, or strengthe'
ing, alternative, or blood-ciennsing, anti-bil.y 4,
not only as a remedy for consumption OF the
lungs, but for all